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Review: Birmingham Bach Choir, at CBSO Centre Mar 30 2012

Listening to Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem with its alternative piano-duet accompaniment makes one realise what a curate’s egg the piece is, even though the arrangement is by the composer himself.Read

Review: Birmingham Bach Choir, at The Oratory, Birmingham Nov 25 2011

Over a cracking programme, the Birmingham Bach Choir displayed a wealth of qualities and gave a performance of which they should be truly proud. The static, a capella textures of John Tavener’s Mother of God, and two works by American composer Eric Whitacre, placed big demands on breath-control and tuning. But the group met these superbly. Whitacre’s ethereal Lux Aurumque shimmered in all the right places, but second on the bill did feel a tad early for this luminous show-stopper.Read

Review: Birmingham Bach Choir, at Birmingham Town Hall Apr 08 2011

Birmingham Bach Choir’s latest concert in a series devoted to “Inspiring Masses” provided fascinating contrasts. Haydn’s Harmoniemesse is a work of his old age, composed by a man at peace with himself and his maker. Read

Review: Birmingham Bach Choir, at St Chad’s Cathedral Nov 26 2010

The much loved Radio 3 producer and conductor Richard Butt was remembered in this concert by the Birmingham Bach Choir. Read

Tributes to former Birmingham Bach Choir conductor Richard Butt Oct 17 2010

Moving tributes have been paid to a long-serving conductor of the Birmingham Bach Choir, who has died. Read

Review: Birmingham Bach Choir, at Holy Trinity Church, Much Wenlock Jul 02 2010

Take two unaccompanied Mass settings written in the same year by Italian and Swiss composers with similar choral tastes, and you have perfect material for a ‘compare and contrast’ A-level Music question. Read

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